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Version 1[Verse 1] G G/B The river is my savior C G Cause she used to be a cloud G G/B She's happy just to lay there Dsus4 D When she used to be so proud G G/B C G And even when she dries up a thousand years from now G Em D G I'll lay myself beside her and call her name out loud [Verse 2] G G/B The river is my savior C G The only one I'll ever need G G/B Wash my head when I've been sinning Dsus4 D Wash my knuckles when they bleed G G/B Protect me from my neighbor C G All this jealousy and greed G Em Take the body to the delta D G Hide the weapon in the weeds [Chorus] Am7 C But now I'm tired and a little bit confused G D Regarding what I meant to do and what I did Am7 C The men I've hired they all seem to be afraid of me G D They turn their eyes away from me like kids [Verse 3] G G/B The river hears my secrets C G Things I cannot tell a soul G G/B Like the children that I've orphaned Dsus4 D And the fortune that I stole G G/B The neighbor who asked questions C G Until he washed up on the shore G Em But I've done the law some favors D G So nobody has to know [Chorus] Am7 C Now I'm tired and I just can't get to sleep G D I've been a wolf among these sheep for all my life Am7 C The lake of fire it consumes me in my dreams G D And last night I woke up screaming at my wife [Verse 4] G G/B The river is my savior C G She's running to the sea G G/B And to reach her destination Dsus4 D Is to simply cease to be G G/B And running until you're nothing C G Sounds a lot like being free G Em So I'll lay myself inside her D G And I'll let her carry me [Outro] Am7 C G D (x2) G G/B C G G G/B Dsus4 D G G/B C G G Em D G (x2)